In this News Brief, we break down the insta-talking points to sell war with Iran––from Ticking Time Bomb ‘24’ plots to cherry-picked, dubious anecdotes of Iranians supposedly begging for Israeli bombs.

  • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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    14 days ago

    Be prepared to evacuate your draft-age children. Think that’s hyperbolic? Ponder this:

    • Military recruitment is at historic lows
    • The only president to serve 3 terms was Roosevelt, and it was because he was a wartime president and special dispensation was made to avoid changing commander-in-chiefs in the middle of a major conflict
    • War time presidents historically have higher chances at re-election. Bush Jr, the second worst president in US history, would never have gotten re-elected if 9/11 hadn’t happened.
    • Trump wants to remain president so he can continue his graft and avoid prison time.
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      14 days ago

      The 22nd amendment was created because of Roosevelt. There was no “special dispensation,” he simply broke the two term tradition.

      • Interesting. I thought the 22nd was a strengthening of an existing rule. I’m aware Washington turned down a third term despite broad popularity of him continuing, but I thought presidential term limits were enacted prior to Roosevelt but were not strong enough to prevent a third term.

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      14 days ago

      To add to this: A liberal-friendly war is exactly what MAGA needs to kill/subsume the political establishment. Once they agree on this he’ll reach a critical mass of popular support a la Iraq.